csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:33:34 -0700, > Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> >> Unstable has a new package available: libc6-i686. Apparently >> libc6 optimized for the 686 architecture. Now, this sounds >> attractive to me, but the package warns of commercial apps >> potentially blowing chunks. IBM's jdk is specifically called >> out for this. >> >> Does it seem fairly safe to go ahead and install this? If the >> problem is only with commercial apps, it shouldn't crash my >> system or anything, right? > > To add to the question: Is it safe to build this (and still be > able to build third-party free or almost free software like > MPlayer or the DRI XF86 fork)? I see a massive build-dependency > on something called linux-kernel-headers.
You might see the discussion on debian-devel about this. (Quick summary: the "dependency" has always been there, but now the kernel-headers-used-by-libc are in a separate package.) Reading debian-devel (or at least skimming it) isn't a bad idea if you're tracking unstable. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
